Corporate Services

with Angela Allison

At the 22 August Council Meeting, Council approved the transition of our light motor vehicle fleet to Electric Vehicles (EVs). We already have two vehicles (MG at City Services and BYD at Admin Building) in our pool so I encourage you all to use them for your next pool vehicle booking. If you are unsure of the charging aspect, please contact Chris Crichton who will be more than happy to assist. We will be rolling out the balance of the fleet as our current cars are due for renewal.

The General Staff Meeting (GSM) was held yesterday at the Marion Cultural Centre (MCC). It was great to see you all in attendance to hear updates from the organisation. A recording is available for catch-up here.

A few upcoming events are...

City Development

with Tony Lines

‘Tis the season for building things at City Activation!!

The Cove Sports building contractor has been appointed, site mobilisation has occurred, and demolition of the existing clubrooms commenced. The SWBMX 8 metre start hill work will commence in mid-October pending UCI sign-off on the design. The Marino Hall contract has been awarded to BMD constructions and site establishment has begun on site with anticipated completion in mid-2024. And regarding previous builds, the Badge Constructions won the Master Builders award for building excellence projects $10M-20M category for the Mitchell Park Sport and Community Centre, and it will now be submitted to the National Awards. And City Activation held its first of a schedule of team building...

City Services

with Acting GM Angela Allison

Civil has been busy with the reseal program and has completed 38.5 per cent (25 roads) of the programme in 6 weeks. This week there is a plan to reseal another 12 roads, estimating 50 per cent of the programme will be completed by the end of the month (7 weeks)!

Downer has supplied council with their Statement of Sustainability where you can see that by using sustainable products, how much City of Marion has saved in carbon dioxide equivalent and diversion from landfill for the FY 2023.

Working within a very tight timeframe, topstone removal on Oaklands Road was completed by staff with an unknown scope, unknown condition of the topstone under the steel plate, and as it was a DIT road there...

Thank you for joining us at the GSM

Thank you for joining us yesterday at the General Staff Meeting, Thursday 31 August.

It was great to see you all, hear from our leadership team and presenters, and have a few laughs along the way.

We had over 200 staff attend the event at MCC, and another 90+ online, all of whom took time out of their busy schedules to come together and hear about our recent accomplishments, and the exciting and strong future we have planned for the City of Marion.

Please find the full recording of the GSM to watch here.

🚒 Touch a Truck is back! 🚒

Ever wondered what it's like to drive a digger? Or maybe you're curious about the secrets hidden inside a police car? The answers are just a touch away!

But that's not all – we're turning up the excitement with live music, coffee, entertainment throughout the day, and food trucks that'll satisfy every craving. From the first rev of the engines to the last note of the music, there's non-stop fun and discovery for everyone.

🚒 Location – Mitchell Park Sports and Community Centre 

🚜 Date – Friday, 6 October 2023 

🚓 Time – 9.30 am to 2 pm (9.30 am to 10.30 am will be a sensory-friendly time) 

This event is an opportunity for the City of Marion to promote all the amazing work and services we provide on a daily basis. 

We will be showcasing a number of City of Marion vehicles as well as other community vehicles. 

How to: Chamber online meeting set-up

Did you know we’ve recently refreshed some of the equipment in the Chamber to make things easier to use? You can now go in there without needing to schedule it with IT first – simply tap the iPad on the North East Wall, and select that you are there for a meeting.

After the system turns itself on, you can push Windows + K on your laptop to connect to the Chamber Cast in the same way that you would connect to any of our other meeting rooms through the City of Marion.

At the end of your meeting, push Windows + K on your laptop to disconnect, then use the iPad to touch the shutdown.

For more complex setups and meetings please approach IT Helpdesk as you have done in the past.

Join us for a ‘wild’ lunchtime

Join Glynn (Water Resources Officer) and Jacob (Biodiversity Officer) for a guided nature walk of the beautiful Warriparinga or Oaklands Wetlands.

Discover how wetlands improve water quality and how native plants are providing homes for wildlife. 

Walks are taking place in September and November. To come along, visit the link below.

We are all good sorts

We are excited to announce the near completion of our bin rollouts to libraries and Neighbourhood Centres! We have distributed over 160 recycling and organics bins across all sites. 

In the last four months across City Services and the Admin Centre, an additional 2,900kg of recyclables and organics has been diverted from landfills to recycling and organics bins. 

Contamination in the yellow bins (items that don’t belong) has decreased from 30 per cent to less than 10 per cent. All staff are to be congratulated for these fantastic results! 

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